Cupcake Pin Cushions!

...you can even turn it into a pin cushion ring, for when you need to keep some pins "close at hand!"

Recognize my "cupcake paper"? It's the lid from a Cherry Coke!To make the ring, I cut a red hair tie and threaded the ends through the two holes I drilled, leaving enough room at the bottom for my finger to fit through.

Then I simply tied a square knot and clipped the ends.

The rest of the pin cushion is constructed the same way as the larger one. I used a 2 1/4" diameter circle for the cupcake top. You can use the same holes you used for the elastic to tie down the top -- just use a little caution not to snag the elastic. For the cherry I used a 1 1/8" diameter circle.

I used 6 strands of thread to create those little sprinkles -- each sprinkle is just a simple stitch.

Done! This one is my favorite!I'm going to use this one for my hand sewing needles. Seems like they are always getting lost in the "guts" of my larger pin cushions... but there's no way to lose them in this tiny little guy!

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Finally taking some time to get some blog reading - and commenting - done. :-) These are so so so so cute! So much cuter than the one I did a while ago ...http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2010/04/cupcake-pincushion.htmlMine for some reason looks rather like a big mushroom or something ... :-)

Love yours! Is it alright if I feature your tutorials at my Germany blog sometime? These are just so darling!

This is darn cute. I've also made small ones with bottle caps and put a velcro dot on the bottom and then another on my sewing machine. A very handy little spot for pins while sewing. When it's full you can easily take it off and reload the pins into your bigger pin cushion. Ann

Hey .. .Ilike the little ring size one. I made a bunch of the full sized ones and i came up with a different way to make the hole. I do have an electric drill, and use it for many things, but some plastics will crack no matter what. I lit a candle. Then, holding a long, thin nail with a pair of needle nose pliars, hold the nail over the flame for a few seconds, untill you see "red" .. quickly pierce the plastic where you want your hole .. repeat for second hole. To cool the nail quickly, run it under cold water for a second or two. I've long used this method. It may leave a black/sooty mark on your project, but so what - thats on the bottom.

The post on dollar store crafts says not to use felt. However I'm pretty sure it would work fine if you had high quality wool felt instead of acrylic felt from the dollar store. Yes, it ups the cost but in case you can't find pink fleece...

Thanks so much for posting this awesome DIY. I followed your tutorial to create my own cupcake pin-cushion ring for the #CraftBlogClub Secret Santa. You can find a link to my blog post here: https://shelleymakes.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/diy-cupcake-pin-cushion-ring/